Minoru Shiraishi

Minoru Shiraishi is a Japanese actor, voice actor, singer, songwriter, and radio personality known for his diverse career in entertainment. He gained recognition as the only "live-action" character to appear on the Monthly Top-10 Most-Popular Male Character charts in Newtype Anime magazine. Shiraishi has contributed to various anime and voice acting projects, including portraying Taniguchi in the *Haruhi Suzumiya* series and Itsuki Takeuchi in the 2014 *Initial D* reboot films. He also made a guest appearance as himself in Episode 6 of *Kiddy Girl* and participated in a voice actor café. Previously affiliated with I'm Enterprise and Pro-Fit, he remains active in both live-action and voice acting roles.